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A wonderful musical evening in Montréal with Hilary Hahn
By Stephen Fogarty April 30, 2014

A large audience was present in Montreal last Friday evening to hear the American violinist Hilary Hahn on tour with pianist Cory Smythe.  Ms Hahn’s warm and engaging personality helped to dispel the cool and rainy weather concert goers had faced on the way to the Maison Symphonique.   And then there was the music! Ms Hahn is well-known for her championing of modern music as well as pairing modern pieces with well established parts of the repertoire.  Hahn’s current tour follows the release of her latest CD, 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores.  She undertook this project to encourage contemporary composers and to increase the repertoire of encores available for classical artists.  She is playing two of these compositions on tour.   These contemporary works tied in well with the overall theme of the evening which was thematic development and fantasy. Read More



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